March 2, 2013
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2013 may become known as the year of hacker. Following sucessful hacks of Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and NBC‘s Web sites and servers, the popular multi-platform, note-taking Web application Evernote servers have been hacked. Evernote hacked, forces password reset. More >
February 17, 2013
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It’s 2013. but the Linux FUD just keeps coming. In the most recent example, security firm Trustwave claimed that Linux kernel vulnerabilities went unpatched more than twice as long as it took to fix unpatched flaws in Windows. This assertion … Continue reading
January 24, 2013
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MySQL may still be the “most popular open-source database” for now, but its day may be ending. Just like Fedora, which is considering switching out MySQL for the MySQL fork MariaDB, openSUSE is also considering making MariaDB its default database … Continue reading
January 22, 2013
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MariaDB, the open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork, may soon be replacing MySQL in the Fedora Linux distribution. Since Fedora is also the testbed for Red Hat‘s market-leading Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), this move may lead to … Continue reading
December 28, 2012
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Taken as a whole, 2012 was a great year for Linux. The most popular stories, however, were more about the day-to-day happenings of Linux then the big picture. 2012’s top Linux story was The truth about Goobuntu: Google’s in-house desktop Ubuntu … Continue reading
December 17, 2012
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For years, MySQL has been the dominant open-source database management system (DBMS). Recently, MariaDB, the MySQL fork created by MySQL’s founder, has been making in-roads and Wikipedia, the world’s sixth most popular Web site, is shifting over from MySQL to … Continue reading